Improvement in hinges for blinds



i To all 'whont it 'may concern: Y' l i Beit known that I,=.Ano1`.n Eemian, of Washington,'in the. District of Golumbia`,have` invented eer-V tain new and useful Improvenientsin Hinges for Win- `partly open.. Yr

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` Letters .Patent No. 105,441, dated J'uly 19, 1870.`

. IMPROVEMENT IN HING'ES FOR BLINDS.

l The Schedule referred toin thse Letters Patent and makingpart o! the nameA dow-Blinds;` and the following is a full, clear, and

`Iexactdescription 0f1the`sa1nereference being had `to the accompanying drawing making part of this specif iication, in which-- Figure -1.reprcse nts uap'ei'spective view of' the hinge i Figure 2 sho y `.Figure 3` shdwsan endwise view of the saine, opened My invention JrelatesitoV shut-ter and window-blind jhinges, and the object of which is to latch or fasten l the blinds, whenQthrown o'pe'n, so that they cannot rattlc, or slam, or be closed bythe action'of the wind. My invention, consists, simply, in ,theV arrangement and combination of a right angle latch-lever,so secured, to lone of theleaves ofthe hinge,as to fasten "the blind open, and, by the lifting ot' the latch, the lever end will partially close the blind.

To enablewotbers to make and use my improved "blindLhinges, I will describ'etthem more fully, referring to the drawing and tothe letters of reference marked thereon.

The hingesiare made of cast-iron, the-two leaves l A beiugof. any'flesi'red size or shape, and' are secured to the windoW-casng,`and theblindby wood screws, in the usual manner.` On the half, or the part that is to be secured to therwindow-casing,there is a projectinglleai', B, in which is cast .a vertical groove,

b, near the outward edge, in which the latch C is pivoted, a portion of the latch `extending down from the vsfthe hinge spread open'h'and latched.

pivot c to` form a rightV angle lever, D, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 3. A

In the corresponding leaf A' of the hinge isa notch, af, for the latch G to hook on whenthe blind or shutter is open.

bear on the outside face ot' the .hinge A', and partlyv closeswthe blind by bringing it round in such a position that it is easily closed bythe hand without having to reach far outofthe window.

The hinges will be made in pairs, right and left, andV used as the lower hinge for each blind.

A modification of my improvement, whereby the same result can be produced, would be to hang the blinds or shut-ters on plain shutter-hingesor butts, and havethe projecting leaf B, in which the' latch C and lever D are secured, castvseparately, and tted to the casing of the window, and'secured in such a relative position to the hinge that the latch C will catchv `over the top edge of the leaf-A and hold the blind open and help to closeit,il'1 the same manner as above described. l

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is+

`The combination of the latch C and right., angle lever D, composed of one'piece, and so arranged with the blind or shutter-hinges as to'partially close l t-he blind when lifted, substantially'in theV manner 'herein described. l

In testimony whereof I-hcreunto subscribe my name.v i ADOLF EOOARD; Witnesses: J. B.l WOODRUFF, JOHN SoHUTzBAcH.

AWhen the latch is lifted, the lever D is brought to 

